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"" ' "-"'' v"-' gg Centothey. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL TH1WCS. SuSscripto, Price, 51.007 VOL XV. EXPLORERS TUG Pr. Cook Communicates by Wireless With friends. READY TO PRO.VE HIS CLAIMS peary on His Way to Sydney Tells of Arctic Holidays Says Cook Could Have Reached the Pole. On Beard the Steamer Oscar II, at Sea, Sept. 17, via Marconi Wire !: Telegraph to Cape Race, N. F. 'Tell the people of America to have the fullest confidence in my conquest of the Pole. I have records of ob servations made' by me which will prove my claim. I shall be glad again to set my foot on American soil." This was the brief message of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, sent to his coun trymen as he nears home on -the si earner Oscar II, bound from Chris tiansand, Norway for New York. Dr. Cook discussed 'the assertion of Commander Peary that he (Cook) had never reached the North Pole. "When he departed for the North Dr. Cook a id he .-left a" depot of pro visions at Annootok, north of Etah, in charge of Rudolph Erancke and several Kskimos. Franeke had in structions to go south aboard a whaler and return' later. This ' he did, but missed the returning vessel owing to a slight illness. He was then taken aboard Peary's ship, the Roosevelt, and proceeded North. (. ommander Piary found my sup ply depot at Annootok, " Dr. Cook ununited, "and the Eskimos in charge told him that I was dead, which they-fuvbiilieved"to be trne at the time. Peary placed two awn in charge of the tfepot. Boatswain Murphy and another, Harry 'Wbitnev, the New Haven hunter, also remained there. Murphy had orders not to search for me. but was told ha could send Eskimos northward the following spring from the relief depot. Whitney Given The Facts. "When I returned from the Pole, unexpectedly, Harry Whitney was the first to see rue and to tell me what had occurred. .. Whitney was placed in possession of the facts con cerning my journey to the Pole on condition that he would not infosra Commodore Peary or his men fit them. At the same time the Eskimos who had accompanied me nor-th were told to maintain the strictest .silence. " When I went into the dpot there was a dispute between myslf and Mifrphywho delivered to me written instructions he had received from Peary, ait Lough he himself could neither iad nor write. These in structions showed that he "was mak ing a trading station. of my depot, the. contents of 'v.hih had been used in' trading for fur and faking." Dr. Cook said he was intensely an noyed at this alleged wrongful use of his supplies and threatened to kick out Murphy and his companions. Finally, however, ho consented to their remaining at t'hVdcpot as there was no other shelter in the vicinity for thern.. 'f '' "On one occasion Murphy asked me a'oruptlv, "Have you been beyond 87 degree 1" Dr. Cook said. "But I was determined no-t to,, let . Peary know of my movements, and replied evasively that I had been much far ther north. From. -this statement has been concocted the declaration'' that I had said that I had not reached the Pule." Dr. Cook . declared that neither Harry Whitney nor his (Cook's) re cords are . on board the steamer R osevelt and that therefore Peary's ! 'urination concerning him emanated m Boatswain Murphy, who knew lin'ff of his movements. . Dr. Cook D - M ... also that he had made arrange ts for the two Eskimos who went i him to the Pcle nd Knud Ras ;en, whom he mot in Greenland, jo to N-2y.' York and confirm the . of his cTiscovery. .. .'-'. r. Cook is thoroughly enjoying vest aboard ship after the stronu days at . Copenhagen... He sleeps ours each night and spends a time daily in writing and in ,;'.:?g the decks and conversing the Auic-riean passengers, who all - .! formally presented to . Benjaniin Truebiood, presi t of the American Peace Society 4f! jM; the passengers are impressed '' the -::tce!ty of Dr. "Cbok, as .in fed'fbyhiB conversing with them 1 gard to his discovery of the pole, p said that the Danes, with whom - jived for several months, are ae (Ddmed with the whole story of his' ;1' ; that hr nli- line n-rrivided the government with the fullest f his achievements and Chat Woo is now prepared to lay these Seri .1f ! ' le a oomPetent body in COLUMBUfa, Dr. Cook expressed astonishment that the news of the discovery of the pole had created such a s-nsatioa, and is anxious to learn what specific declarations Commander Peary has made to minimize his exploit in or der that he may formulate replies to them. It is his hope that he will arrive in New York before Comman der Peary gets there. In a lecture in the saloon of the steamer Dr. Cook, with t.he aid of a map drawn by an engineer, gave an outline of his route to the pole. "The journey was nothing really wonderful," he said, "I used no new deviees or inventions. I had how ever, every necessary instrument, kept these to pure. necessities. "The reason for my success is that I returned to the primitive life in fact, became a savage sacrificed all comforts to the. race for the pole." The Eskimos generally kept up their courage, but Ahwelah, two days before we reached the Pole, despaired and said 'It is good to die; it is im possible to go beyond.' Hqwever, I cheered him up and he never com plained afterward, undergoing all hardships with cheerfulness." The long winter night was utilized by Dr. Cook in writing. He used a primitive stone writing desk and lay prone while at work with his manu script. Meanwhile the Eskimos sew ed and sang. The temperature in the snow hut was rarely above the 'freez ing point. Polar bears abounded, making exits from the hut dangerous. Has Confidence in -Cook. -Zurich, Switzerland, September 17. Dr. DeQuervain; chief of the Swiss scientific expedition to Greenland, who was the first European to' meet Dr. Cook in Greenland after the American explorer returned from the north, and to hear his narative of the discovery of the North Pole, has arrived here. Dr. DeQuervain says that after having tested Cook's fig ures and statements to hirm he is con vinced that Cook reached the North Pole. Activity on Roosevelt. Battle Harbor, Labrador, Septem ber 17 via Marconi wireless.After a week orest for the crew of the Artie steamer Roosevelt, on board of which Commander Robert E. Peary is making his way south, there is bustle and activity on all sides as the men put the finishing touches to the vessel preparatory for the start for Sydney. W One of the first things Commander Peary did was to go to the quarter deck of" the Roosevelt and face a battery of cameras. When the pictures had been tcken Commander Peary and the newspa per repbrters all went ashore, where the explorer became the target for a broadside of questions. Peary sat with his back to the single window in the gable end of the attic, the news paper men grouped in front 'of him. Some of them were mounted on piles of fish nets, otherswere seated on barrels and a number squatted on the floor. In addition, the crews of the steamers and sailing vessels in port, the local merchants and fishermen and and a gathering of small boys filled the rude hall and listened to, what might be termed Commander Peary a first public lecthre since his return from the pole. In explaining to the newspaper men what he considered the scientific value of polar exploration, Commander- Peary said he had taken sound ings of the sea from Cape Sheridan to the pole which' supplemented .sim ilar data taken on the "other side 'by Nansen 'and Sagni. Continuing, he argued that north polar exploration is much more, difficult.' than the same work in the Antartie. In the Artie the work must all be done in one i season, wniie at tne ooutn roie it is not necessary for exploring 'parties to turn back to winter quarters. Holidays in the North. Commander Peary described ,the celebration of Christmas Day, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving'. Day and St. Patrick's Day in the far North. On Christmas, they had .spec ial dinner and a distribution of pres ents. There were also running races for the .members of the party and Eskimo, men and women for,, which ' prices were given V f$ - r ' Describing the flags he had raised at the pole, Command Pjary made part ieular -mention of the sifk Ameri can flag given him by his wife fifteen years ago, and which he .had . carried on everv one of his Artie .exp(editionSj leaving a . portion at the .tnost north erly points' attained. remnant of 'this flag, raised at -the pole, con sisted f one-'Star and. a' section of the blue field and a part of the red and white stripes. Peary Admits Cook Could Have Suc ceeded. Battle Harbor, Labrador, Sept. 18. "It would be quite possible for Dr. Cook's party or any expedition to arrive at the tforth Pole by any one of a hundred routes and for me to find no trace of it. If our pafns lay far- apart," said Commander Robert E. Peary when he was fur nished by an Evening Journal corre POLK COCNTY, M. C. spondent with the latest information concerning Dr. Cook's claims and the present status of the controversy which has interested the civilized world. - While Peary would not concede that Dr. Cook had reached the Pole, he admitted that it was feasible for a competitor to do, without his knowl edge if they travelled by widely sep arate trails. "I, am holding my proofs, ' ' said Peary, "to submit them to the Inter national Polar Commission and thus controvert Dr. Cook's claims. When I started north I believe I was a mem ber of tljat commission, which, as I understand it, has final authority in all Polar matters. I am sure Dr. Cook never informed the Commission of his intention of trying to reach the pole. "With the same equipment that we had on this ifoyage, and equally favorable conditions, I could make the Pole two out of three times." Why Whitaaeys Remained North. Asked how Harry Whitney, hap pened to remain in the North, Comr mander Peary said Whitney was one of a party of sportsmen who went as passengers on boartl the steamer Erik. The party included Whitney, W. Norton, of New York ; a man named Harned and G. J. Crafts, of v Washington, who came for the pur pose of taking magnetic observations for Dr. Bauer, head of the depart ment of terrestrial magnetism of the Carnegie Institute ati Washington. At Etah, where it was determined to land a party and supplies for the relief of Dr. Cook, particularly m view of the fact that Rudolph Francke was being invalided home, Whitney asked if he might remain on the station to hunt walrus and polar bears in the Spring. And make a trip to Ellesmere Land )with Eski-: mos after musk oxen. Ibis was 'de cided on. t y- ,r In order to prov-ide , agafhst the contingency . of the "Roojseyeli; not coming down from the' fjfojrjp in. .the Summer of 1900, in which event lie would be obliged to remain in th Artie for two years, Mr. Whitney made arrangements for a .- ship to come up for him this Summer. ij "Whitney had no doubt as to thjs' ship coming north," said ; Peary, ' and when the Roosevelt ,was Sight ed at Etah August 17 last, Whitney started out at nce' in a sailDoAtro the Roosevelt under the impression that she was .his-- ship. ; y i "On the arrival of the relief vessel Jeanie, Whitney was ' transferred from the Roosevelt to her, and he is now probably engaged in i hunting bears somewhere along the west sidt of Baffin Bay pr David Strait." Dr. Cook is Annoyed. On board Oscar II; by United Wire less Telegraph, via Boston, Sunday, "To the Associated Press: ''My desire to get on American soil increases with every mile laid behind Lby the Oscar II.- The vessel is, doing her best record, although delayed oc casionally, making 400 miles in the last 24 hours. ' ' - ' ' ' Commander Peary 's unfortunate accusations have disclosed ' another side of Ms character; The -specific records of my "journey are accessible to every one who reads, and' all can decide for themselves when Peary publishes, a similar report. FREDERICK A, COOK. ' ' According to the captain's qbserva- J tions.at midday, the Osear 11 wiu arrive at Sandy Hook at' about nobn;.j Monday, unlfess ' something untortn seen , arises. This will bring the. ves sel to quarantine, between. 2 and 3 'clock. , ..','... f Dr. -Cook appears to exercise great restraint, but ' Can hardly .repress , . , natural .anqyanee-at impeachment qi, his vflracuv. without nroofs. lie re- quested Trie Assdciated Press to make public the 'following':' $t -' ';: ? KrV..;v . 1 Commander Peary has as, yet &iv;l eh te- the .w04d.f-.vprqofs of HiS own case. .Mv claim MS D&h fnSyrecbg- nized by Dfenmark- ahd-bv th6;Sng,Qf V - i.-m -rr i 1 Swedeiif-the Present oi- tiie unitea States of 4mek'a. has wired me his confid-aice.; .-inv"etaim' has 'been ac cepted ' by 'tile Mi eraatrorial Bureau fof'Voia'Reskrctt' at Bfcusscds-?. .moat of the 'geographical societies of. Eij rfo$: have -"sent, ,me "pngralultftio'ns, Ttthieh.'means faith' T an i accept arte e for the pf-escftit',' and'alnaOst every explo.rr er';o' ' note has jggKfijg forward vrith warm and. friendly -approval,; : Proofs Open to All. " ' j "A specific record of my journey 4iV accessible' to all-,nnd every one who reads can decide, ior himself. When Peary, publishes a pimikr repot, then our cases -are parallel. " . Why -should V Peary be allowed' to make li-imselt. a sejf -appointed dictator of my affairs'f In justice to himself, in justice to the world and to guard the honor' of -na-r tional prestige he would be compell ed to prove his;.qwn case ; he should AnKIisVi at onee a nreliminary narra- tive to be oompared with rnmeV.atf&le fair-minded people ponder over tne matter while the final records by which our" case ' may be eventually proved are being prepared. THCgSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, W. GULF PORT STORM Wreck and Ruin in The Wake of Equinoctial Tempest WATER HIGHER THAN FOR YEARS Storm That Has Lashed the Waters of the Gulf of Mexico Into Fury Swoops Down Upon Cities and Towns in Its Northward Path and the Howling Gale That Accom panies It Steadily Increases in Force. ' Memphis, Special. Fragmentary reports from points in southern Louisiana and Mississippi evidence that a severe tropical hurricane was sweeping along the Mississippi-Louisiana -gulf coast Monday night damag ing shipping, wrecking the more frail structures and seriously impeding railroad traffic. New Orleans, appar ently the center, was cut off from communication at 4:30 in the after noon. " ,,; At the . office of the Illinois Cen tral railroad here announcement was made that Train No. 6, of that 'road, due to leave New Orleans at 430 in the afternoon had been' detoured over the Yazoo and Mississippi i Valley route via Baton Ruge, the tracks of' the Illinois Central route between New Orleans and Kenner, being under water and many mile's of track are washed, away. From Biloxi 'and Scranton, on the gulf coast of Mississippi, meagre re ports tell of the damage to shipping and buildings along the beach and, so far as could be ascertained late Mon- ' day nighc there has been one life los. . v , . -: Natchez", "Miss., was cut ' off from comnninieatioii by wire.v Before com munication was lost ' tiie wind had -attained a Velocity iff- 50 miles an hour. Thg power plarfit was out of commis sion, putting the city in darkness. A number of trees were uprooted' and severaildingi .unroofed. In 1 western Louisiana, at Crbwfev and . Jennings, considerable property , damage has resulted. fhe greatest damage is to the rice crop. . Although it had been raining heav ily at New Orleans through Sunday night, there were no' indications of a gale, further than might be deducted from a falling barometer, till about 9 :30- o 'clock Monday morning, when the gulf wind, great in its intensity, swept over the city. So strong was the force of the wind that the waters of the Mississippi, backed up from. the gulf a. hundred miles below, rose three feet at New Orleans levee. The neighboring lakes were agitatd till they all overflowed, covering the adjacent lowlands. The waters from Lake Borgone were ad ded to the volume of the flood, but when the latest dispatches came out of New Orleans there were outlying parts of that city covered wuth water, while the winds had damaged several The direction of the: wind ' was northwest and its area was- greatfor it reached far up to the northernmost line of Louisiana, west of the Missis sippi river. An early blow destroyed the tracks of J he Louisville $ Nash ville .road along the coast west of New Orelans 'and this 'latter ' .gust wiped out the tracks of the Illinois Central north of the isolated city. J . . The last train to reach Memphis' from New Orleans was?-. the tftraugh Illinois Central, that' arrived here at '8:lp Monday night: " It ' had left New Orleans5 soon aft er '93jg? in tlie.'.morii- mff. ( nmiTip- north throuah Louisiana and Mississippi the ti'am ..passed througli ebi)tiiinol(s"' iHiris . almost as f ar as; Jaokson, MisS:y but , there were .then no. reports of unusual winds. The stornit came up soon afterward. Good'CiHcea qf Wireless.. Beaufort, N. C., Special. Wireless telegraph again .played an important part in relieving distress at sea, for through Uiis ajfency prpmpt 'assistance was Monday furnished to ': the Clyde line steamer, Carib, ' bound for New York to .Wilmington, N. ,C, and ' ' Brunswick, G$.. ! vrith passengers aivl cargo' which lay at" anchor ail Sunday night in -a disabled condition off Cape Hatterafi. ; '&- In Acid River. , j ittsbuY?-i.peeial. Hundreds'1 "of Pittsburg voafhs-and adults arcsuf- fering from a seourge of boils the re-? 3 suit of swimming, jn th .Monongahela river .- Acid from' the mills have so jcontaminafed the"' water that the po lice have decided to end the bathing season. Life Guard James Gallagher is covered with huge boils and is in a serious condition. Physicians attrib ute the epidemic solely to the acid in ithe water. Thousands of dead fish daily float down the Ohio 'river. For eigners at the streel car plants pick these fish from the stream and carry them home for food. PRESIDENTWESTWARD At Minneapolis and Est. Paul Greet ings From the Sick Governor. President Taft arrived at Minnea polis at a. m. Saturday, and with the shadow of death hanging over the Governor of the State, received a cpr dial, but not demonstrative welcome. The critical illness of Governor John son, probably the most popular execu tive Minnesota has ever known, en tered deeply into the spirit of -the day and dreaded eventualities threatened for a time during the morning serious ly to curtail the program of enter tainment both here and in St. Paul. President Taft was deeply affected and'' said:' "I unite with you in a fervent prayer to God that he may be spared to you and to the country. With his( ability, his courage, his great common sense, he cannot be spared. He is too valuable not alone to the people of this State, but to the people of this country, who doubtless will insist in time that he shall serve them." ; At Fort Shelling, 21 guns were fired in honor of the President - An automobile ride over the busi ness portion of the town was taken. The party then crossed the river to St. Paul. After a brief speech the President was driven to the 'State Capitol where it had been intended that a public re ception should , be held. This .feature was called off ''on account of Gover nor Johnson's illness and the Presi dent appeared for only a few minutes on the south balcony to express to the great crowd on the terraced lawn his gratitude for the cordiapgreeting. Gov. Johnson grew very much bet ter apparently and sent the President the following telegram: 'Hearty and sincere welcome 'to the State of Minnesota. Greatly re gret my illness prevents my presence" at your reception. "JOHN A. JOHNSON.. President' Taft replied to Governor Johnson's telegram, the answer hav ing teen transmitted by telephone. Fresident Tatt s message said: : ' - My Dear Governor Johnson : . '"l am greatly distressed to hear of your serious illns. I miss' your smil ing and courteous personal greeting, which I have had every time I have come to the State heretofore, and I thank you from the bottom of my 1 heart for your message of welcome, sent when you are on a bed of pain. "I fervently hope and pray that your wonderful strength and forti tude will make your 'recovery speedy. "My compliments and respects to Mrs. Johnson, whose visit in Wash ington I remember with much pleas ure. WILLIAM H. TAFT." Later the President met a numjber of prominent Japanese and exchanged compliments. President Taft leaving the "in sunrent ' ' states of Minnesota and Iowa behind him, crossed the Mis souri river Monday and stopped in Omaha for the afternoon and even ing on his way to the Pacific coast. He found at Omaha a street' car strike. To avoid possibility of trotible Mayor James C. Dahlman ordered that no attempts be made to run cars during t-hi President 's" stay. The 'strike did-not prevent the gathering of . a great crowd in , the do,wntpwn districts and. there-were times when the President's automobile liad diffi culty in making its ' way through the cheering : throng. He was taken on an hour's ride over the city especially to the schools where - he was' greeted by the' thou sands' 'of children.' .; At Des' Moines he made an openr air address, touching .chiefly the sub ject of trusts. ' He declared that he knew - of no way in which a distinction , could be made between "good ".and "bad" trusts for he regarded all combina- tions to suppiesg competition and to 'maintain a monopoly to be in the same category. . He forecasted some legislation for Consress that he would recommend in his message. He said; WhiI, look forward to . the next session and. realize how much there is to be con sidered I tremble lest the session wijl not be long enough and that it will not be possible ; to do all that has been promised.-" . . Regarding the anti-trust law, he said: "I am strongly inclined to the view that the way to make the 'anti-trust' law more effective is to narrow its scope somewhat, -so. that it shall not include in its prohibition -and de nunciation as a crime anything bnt a conspiracy' or combination or contract entered into with - actual intent to monopolize or suppress competition in interstate trade. " He reviewed a parade of the thou sands of troops, afterwards madft a speech.. A great military: carnival marked by extensive manoeuvres and baloon and ceroplane flights," was commenced and will continue through j the week. NO. 20. TAR HEEL CHRONICLES News JBfces Gathered From Ail Farts of the Old North Stat. Lover's Cruel Treatment. Rockingham, Special. J. M. Nor ton, a yong'whiie man .whiju gave Lumberton as his home prior to his soming hero a few months ago, is badly wanted by the local authorities. Norton came here some time ago and got work at the Hannah Pickett cot ton mills. A few weeks later he wrote to his sweetheart, Maggie Godwin, of Benson, to join him here, promising her to marry her immediately upon her arrival. By some pretext he de layed the matter and finally utterly naf used to. fulfill his promise. He be frequently beat her. Finally she could stand the treatment no longer and she sought the protection of the law. Norton skipped and has not been ap prehended , To Build Interurban Line. Salisbury, Special. Leslie H Shaw, former secretary of the t?neas ury and Patrick Hirsch, a financier of New York, were here Friday con sulting with local business men in re gard to building an interurban trblley line in Piedmont North Carolina. It is said that the proposed line will connect ' the 'cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Sahs bury, Concord, Charlotte and a num ber of smaller towns and will handle both passengers and freight. . A fran chise has already been' secured for the ling through the eounties of Row an and Cabarrus. by Runaway Horse. Selma Special. Mr. Burt Lowrey met a horrible death Tuesday morn ing about one mile from Selma on the . Smithfield road. While driving across the railroad his horse, became frightened at an approaching train. Mr. iLowrey,f who was 85 years old, unable to control the horse, alighted from his buggy and went to the horse 's .head. ? The horse became uh- manageable,- jumped over Mr, Low rey, his Aindf eet striking him in the breast , causing instant death. Killed at Cotton Gin. Charlotte Special. Herman Beat ty, 12 years old, while playing teo near a shaft at E. R. Spurrier's cot ton ginWednesday, was caught and wound around the shaft. One arm was torn off, his side was severely bruised. He lingered five hours in agony till relieved by death. Greensboro Woman Dies 6f Pellagra. Greensboro, Special. Mrs. J. R. Richardson, of this city, died last week of pellagra. . Mrs Richardson had been sick with the disease for a long time. She was 35 years old. There, have been four cases of pella gra reported here and this is the sec ond death. The other two cases arc chronic .and do not show much change. Big Illicit Still Destroyed in Mont gomery County. iTroy, Special.; Sheriff MeKenzit captured a biqekade still last week in RocEy Springs township of 125-gal-lorf dapa?ity and poured out 900 gal ions of hoer and a quanity of whis key" Sheriff MeKenzie has captured several recently, but this is the largest eyer seen in this section. Serious Affray at Wilson. Wilson, Special. Wednesday morning on Goldsboro street a cutting-, affray took place that may end with a -fatality. Burt Moore, a young man who work's on the Williams farm after an exchange of words Ivith Berkley We"bb and ethers, seriously cut Webb in the throat and made, his escape while Webb' is at the Wilson sanitarium in a critical condition. Fifty Busheh 'of Peanuts to the ; Acre. . v Lexington, Special. Mb. Sid Wea ver, a farmer living near Lexington, makes a specialty of peanuts. Last yer he raised 110 bushels on two and .ene-half acres nd this year will gather 150 bushels from three acres. He displayed 'excellent specimens oi his,. crop on the streets here last week. " Injured by BlaW " Concord, Special. Owing, to a pre mature blast. Mr. John Shoe, who was digging a welL pear Brown's Mill, was badly injtnjed Tuesday. Mr. Shoe was in the wll and ' had pre pared the fuse. He threw down a hammer which struck a flint rock, sending forth a spark which ignited the powder, the explosion following. He was severely "injured and it is i thought that his eyes were put out. Mr. Shoe is about 50 years old and has a wife and faar.lv. m